Fedora kernel-2.6.17-1.2142_FC4 patched with stable patch-2.6.17.4-vs2.0.2-rc26.diff

[linux-2.6.git] / Documentation / SubmittingDrivers

diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers b/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers
index de3b252..6bd30fd 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingDrivers
@@ -13,30 +13,31 @@ Allocating Device Numbers
 -------------------------
 
 Major and minor numbers for block and character devices are allocated
-by the Linux assigned name and number authority (currently better
-known as H Peter Anvin). The site is http://www.lanana.org/. This
+by the Linux assigned name and number authority (currently this is
+Torben Mathiasen). The site is http://www.lanana.org/. This
 also deals with allocating numbers for devices that are not going to
 be submitted to the mainstream kernel.
+See Documentation/devices.txt for more information on this.
 
-If you don't use assigned numbers then when you device is submitted it will
-get given an assigned number even if that is different from values you may
+If you don't use assigned numbers then when your device is submitted it will
+be given an assigned number even if that is different from values you may
 have shipped to customers before.
 
 Who To Submit Drivers To
 ------------------------
 
 Linux 2.0:
-       No new drivers are accepted for this kernel tree
+       No new drivers are accepted for this kernel tree.
 
 Linux 2.2:
+       No new drivers are accepted for this kernel tree.
+
+Linux 2.4:
        If the code area has a general maintainer then please submit it to
        the maintainer listed in MAINTAINERS in the kernel file. If the
        maintainer does not respond or you cannot find the appropriate
-       maintainer then please contact Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
-
-Linux 2.4:
-       The same rules apply as 2.2. The final contact point for Linux 2.4
-       submissions is Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com>.
+       maintainer then please contact Marcelo Tosatti
+       <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com>.
 
 Linux 2.6:
        The same rules apply as 2.4 except that you should follow linux-kernel
@@ -48,9 +49,10 @@ What Criteria Determine Acceptance
 
 Licensing:     The code must be released to us under the
                GNU General Public License. We don't insist on any kind
-               of exclusively GPL licensing, and if you wish the driver
+               of exclusive GPL licensing, and if you wish the driver
                to be useful to other communities such as BSD you may well
                wish to release under multiple licenses.
+               See accepted licenses at include/linux/module.h
 
 Copyright:     The copyright owner must agree to use of GPL.
                It's best if the submitter and copyright owner
@@ -141,5 +143,13 @@ KernelNewbies:
        http://kernelnewbies.org/
 
 Linux USB project:
-       http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-usb/
+       http://www.linux-usb.org/
+
+How to NOT write kernel driver by arjanv@redhat.com
+       http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/olspaper.pdf
+
+Kernel Janitor:
+       http://janitor.kernelnewbies.org/
 
+--
+Last updated on 17 Nov 2005.